Chris Tillman has continued to see improvement with his sprained left ankle, but Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he doesn’t expect the right-hander to make his scheduled start Monday in Oakland. Tillman suffered the injury in the ninth inning of his start Wednesday and missed his scheduled...

One of the reasons the Orioles felt comfortable trading reliever Tommy Hunter is because they felt like they had enough depth in the minors that they could replace his innings and be able to more freely shuttle pieces up and down to keep the bullpen fresh.

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones blasted a three-run homer into the Orioles bullpen in the fifth inning Friday night to bring his career home run total with Baltimore to 183. The long ball moved him past Ken Singleton into sole possession of seventh place on the Orioles’ all-time home run list.

Manager Buck Showalter said newly acquired outfielder Gerardo Parra had to fly into Washington, D.C., so he will have to fight rush-hour traffic on the beltway en route to Camden Yards. Showalter expects him to arrive at the park around game time.